Barcelona

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Urban and modern, yet historical and artistic, Barcelona is one of the most important cities on the Mediterranean shores. The proud capital of Catalonia invites you to discover its lively street life, its singular architecture and its bustling nightlife. Barcelona is calling you, don’t miss it.

Barcelona is one of the most interesting cities I've ever been to, so around two years ago I had the idea to build a world based on it. My intention was to build most of the famous landmarks of the city and design a layout based on the actual distribution of the city's different areas, focusing on the most interesting ones. Of course I've had to cut many areas, and reduce the ones I've represented in order to adapt the idea to a playable Sims 3 world map. It's a very big and diverse city that includes all the necessary elements for your sims to live an truly urban life set in a coastal mediterranean environment full of history and art.

TECHNICAL DETAILSMap size: 2048x2048 (Large)File Weight: 157 MBWorld type: Suburb, like Sunset ValleySpawn Points: The world includes all the spawners available in CAW from all the EPs except the WA ones. They are mostly located outside the urban area, in flat grassy areas. Some can also be located in parks and green areas inside the city. Many of the gem spawners can be found on the riverbanks.

Total number of lots: 113Residential lots 31 (1 empty)Community lots: 82*
*7 are actually small hidden lots (fountains,train tunnel entrances...), and other 7 just contain Subway stations. That makes a total of 68 "big" community lots.

EPs Required: All EPs (WA, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations, Pets, Showtime, Supernatural, Seasons, University Life, Island Paradise, Into the Future).SPs Required: High End Loft Stuff, Fast Lane Stuff, Outdoor Living Stuff.Game update when the world was finished: 1.62.153.024017

Some people have been able to play the world with some EPs or SPs missing. I still recommend to have them all installed, if your game is able to handle the world with some of them missing or not will depend on your computer.

Number of Layers: 9 (Decoration, Trees, Plants, Street lamps, Lots, Effects, Rocks, Spawners, CAW CC)Number of Textures: 40. In most cases, the chunks have +8 textures in them (no more than ~12 though).Routing: The whole urban area (which is mostly flat) is routable. The flat areas outside the city are also routable. Mountains are mostly unroutable except for some roads and paths and the closest area next to them. Almost half of the map (behind the mountains) is marked as camera non-routable.

It is a very big world, the majority of the lots are big and detailed. I've tried to limit the number of lots under 120, but still I think you need a decent computer to run it without problems, perhaps at least 4GB. I have 4 GB and I can play the world without freezes if my graphics aren't set very high, but I still find some little lag.

There is also a flat area on the other side of the highway especially designed for adding lots from Edit Town, see a picture here

LOTS IN EACH AREA
(Hidden lots not included)

OLD TOWN

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Royal Shipyard Maritime Museum

42x37

Art Gallery

-

Liceu Grand Theatre

40x54

Private Show Venue

-

Boqueria Market

46x36

Market

Subway

Les Rambles

12x64

Hangout

Gypsy Wagon (rug)

FairyForest Bar - Royal Square

53x33

Vampire Lounge

-

Barcelona City Hall

43x30

Visitors Allowed

Police Department (rug)

Lavanda Beauty and Tattoos

53x30

Salon

-

Generalitat Palace

38x30

Visitors Allowed

Military Base (rug)

Barcelona Cathedral

49x30

Visitors Allowed

Bookstore (rug)

Els Quatre Gats

43x24

Sports Bar

-

Castle of the Three Dragons

20x22

Elixir shop

-

Umbracle

64x17

Arboretum

Arboretum (rug), Vault of Antiquity

Ciutadella Park

64x64

Big Park

-

Parliament of Catalonia

56x64

Visitors Allowed

City Hall (rug)

Aire del Raval

35x22

Residential

-

Residències Barnalux

31x45

Residential

-

Terrassa al Mar

31x46

Residential

-

Senyorial

51x29

Residential

-

Laietana

55x29

Residential

-

Ciutat Vella

47x33

Residential

-

EIXAMPLE

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Oinos Modern Nectary

31x50

Nectary

-

FNAC

37x50

Library

-

Catalonia Square

50x50

Festival Grounds

Subway

Corte Inglés Catalonia Square

58x34

Coffeehouse

Day Spa (rug), Diner (rug)

La Patena Laundromat

50x50

Laundromat

-

TachyFood Restaurant

50x50

Visitors Allowed

Diner (rug)

Sagrada Familia

50x50

Art Gallery

-

Triumphal Arch

45x20

Visitors Allowed

-

Triumphal Arch Subway Station

6x9

Visitors Allowed

Subway

Celobert

50x50

Residential

-

Casa Batlló

50x50

Residential

-

L'illa de la Pedrera

50x50

Residential

-

Vistes Modernistes

50x50

Residential

-

Anys 60

50x50

Residential

-

Duplex Sagrada Familia

50x50

Residential

-

L'illa Gran

60x52

Residential

-

El Fort Pienc

60x52

Residential

-

SEASIDE BARCELONA

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Barcelona World Trade Center

40x40

Visitors Allowed

Business and Journalism (rug)

Royal Shipyard Dock

46x45

Port

Columbus Monument

20x20

Visitors Allowed

-

Rambla del Mar

48x8

Visitors Allowed

-

Aquàrium Barcelona

25x36

Art Gallery

-

Port Authority of Barcelona

22x42

Exclusive Lounge

-

France Railway Station

53x64

Java hut

Subway

Bar-Restaurant La Barceloneta

24x20

Visitors Allowed

Bistro (rug)

Barceloneta Beach

64x13

Beach

-

Hotel W

41x27

Resort

Resort Building

Dock 1

40x24

Port

-

Dock 2

40x24

Port

-

Dock 3

23x35

Port

-

Sea Hospital

54x39

Visitors Allowed

Hospital (rug)

El Peix d'Or Club

24x23

Poolside Club

-

Olympic Port

56x48

Port

-

Nova Icària Beach Subway

11x6

Visitors Allowed

Subway

Barceloneta XXI

20x31

Residential

-

Dúplex Voramar

52x21

Residential

-

La Casa del Barri

47x21

Residential

-

Vila Olímpica A

44x44

Residential

-

Vila Olímpica B

44x44

Residential

-

Vistamar A

44x44

Residential

-

Vistamar B

44x44

Residential

-

Las Golondrinas

8x16

Residential (Houseboat)

-

Set Mars (originally built by Domangcop)

8x16

Residential (Houseboat)

-

Brisa (originally built by Domangcop)

8x16

Residential (Houseboat)

-

SANTS-MONTJUÏC

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Les Corts Cemetery

54x35

Graveyard

Mausoleum

Strike Bowling and Arcade

36x35

Arcade

-

Fort&Sa Gym

30x34

Gym

-

Camp Nou

49x54

Visitors not Allowed

Stadium (rug)

Spain Square Subway Station

6x9

Visitors Allowed

Subway

Metropolitan Firefighters

53x47

Fire Station

-

Maria Cristina Movie Studio

29x44

Visitors not Allowed

Movie Studio

Public Cats Park

18x25

Cat Jungle

-

Magic Fountain of Montjuïc

64x60

Hangout

-

National Museum of Art

64x64

Art Gallery

-

Montjuïc Subway Station

6x9

Visitors Allowed

Subway

Montjuïc Castle

28x46

Visitors not Allowed

-

Picornell Olympic Pools

54x22

Pool

-

Palau Sant Jordi

52x38

Big Show Venue

-

ST MARTÍ

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Les Glòries Subway Station

6x9

Visitors Allowed

Subway

National Theatre of Catalonia

45x31

Visitors Allowed

Thatre (rug)

Les Glòries Supermarket

35x44

Visitors Allowed

Supermarket

Business Diagonal

60x26

Visitors Allowed

Business and Journalism + Diner combo

Karaoke Club

35x44

Live Show Venue

Subway

Spaceship Club

25x44

Dance Club

-

Mercè Rodoreda Public School

58x44

Visitors Allowed

School (rug)

Sant Martí Park

28x64

Small Park

-

Habitatges St Martí A

35x44

Residential

-

Habitatges St Martí B

35x44

Residential

-

PARK GÜELL

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Parc Güell

64x55

Big Park

-

Parc Güell Outdoor Restaurant

20x12

Visitors Allowed

Bistro (rug)

Youth Hostel

24x20

Base Camp

-

Public Dogs Park

20x15

Dog Park

-

Park Güell Subway Station

6x9

Visitors Allowed

Subway

INDUSTRIAL PORT

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Container Depot

64x38

Visitors not Allowed

Abandoned Warehouse (rug)

Thalassa Scientific Facilities

64x45

Visitors not Allowed

Science Lab

Metropolitan Junkyard

42x41

Junkyard

-

Bar Manolo

45x28

Dive Bar

-

Zona Franca

45x28

Residential

-

OUTSKIRTS

Lot Name

Lot Size

Lot Type

Rabbitholes

Tibidabo Amusement Park

64x64

Visitors Allowed

-

IKEA Barcelona

55x50

Consignement Store

-

Ponds of the Delta

34x28

Fishing Spot

-

Airport Subway Station

6x9

Visitors Allowed

Subway

Casa Güell (originally built by Gabrymato)

25x30

Residential

-

Casa del Turó (originally built by JarkaD)

30x30

Residential

-

Xalet de Collserola (originally built by JarkaD)

40x30

Residential

-

Empty Lot

40x30

Residential

-

REQUIRED CUSTOM CONTENT
The world uses 65 Custom content files (.package). They are not included in the world file (Custard showed it clean), so it is necessary to download the used CC apart.

If you don't install the CC the world will lose all its playability and charm. The game will not replace the objects, so the rabbitholes will be missing and the look will radically get worse. I totally recommend to install the CC.

STORE CONTENT:
I've used The Boardwalk and Carousel sets from the Store. I recommend to have them, however, not having them will only affect one lot (Tibidabo Amusement Park).

KNOWN ISSUES
- If you're using Barcelona with NRAAS' Traveler and these errors appear: your sim's UI goes black, the money is lost, the subscreen doesn't open, and the sim is unselectable, change the Base Camp's (Youth Hostel) lot type to something like "hangout" and the error will not return.
- There are some floating tiles on the bottom part of the National Museum of Art, next to the dirt path. You can delete them easily in the building mode.
- There is a road under a bridge in the highway where cars go up down. This happens everytime you add roads under bridges, and causes a weird animation. However, it is just a visual bug, routing is not affected and after the car has moved past the bridge everything goes back to normal.

The world was tested by me and other simmers who helped out. During the testing period most bugs were corrected, but I might have missed something. However, apart from the mentioned ones, you shouldn't find any serious errors and the world should be fully playable.

THANKS TO:
-Auntielynds, for helping me fixing the problems that stopped the world from exporting, and literally, saving the whole project.
-Luna, for creating the Sagrada Familia towers and the Agbar tower.
-Monsoon, for converting some deco buildings and helping me to learn to do it myself.
-Daisylee, Daethaqt, Monica Almela, Junceda, Encloped, Alma70, Titi022002, Volvenom and Thranduil Oropherion for furnishing apartments.
-Javier, Thranduil Oropherion and Volvenom, for creating families.
-Volvenom, Tizerist, Diancarock, Marc, Mika Alaminos, Zach_Bundy, Monica, Parca, Joel, and Reenadelenyel for helping me test the world.
-Gabrymato, JarkaD, and Domangcop for letting me use their lots in the world.
-Gelina, Brntwaffles and Gurra for their lightning mods I've modified.
-Simsample, for this thread.
-Luna, Monsoon, TJStreak, Goggalor, Moria, Ilana, Jynx, Mutske, Suzetter, Simsl3gacies and Awesims for the used CC.
-Heaven, for the guidance during the uploading process here on MTS.
-Everyone who has left me comments, likes, feedback, ideas, etc. and has encouraged me to go on and finish the project.

I hope you enjoy Barcelona if you download it

This is a multi-part download:

Method 1:
1)Make a folder to any location you can easily find - desktop for example
2)Download all 3 files in this thread and save them to the folder you just created
3)Right click on the first file and select "Extract here..."
When prompted, browse the next file by finding the folder they are in and selecting the next file asked for
4)Repeat until all files are extracted
5)Copy the sims3pack you got and move it to your documents/Electronic arts/Sims 3/Downloads
6)There, double click on the file and let launcher complete the install process

Method 2:
1)Make a folder to any location you can easily find - desktop for example
2)Download all 3 files in this thread and save them to the folder you just created
3)Rename the files by deleting MTS_Nilxis_xxxxxxx_ off the file names
4)Right click on the first file and select "Extract here..."
5)Copy the sims3pack you got and move it to your documents/Electronic arts/Sims 3/Downloads
6)There, double click on the file and let launcher complete the install process

*Credits Armiel for the Install instructions!*

Key: - File was updated after upload was posted

Filename - Tip: You can click the magnifying glass to see the archive contents

1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.

2. Extract: Use WinRAR (Windows) or Stuffit (Mac) to extract the .package file(s) from the .rar or .zip file(s).

3. Quick Guide:

1. Click the file listed on the Files tab to download the file to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file. Now you will have either a .package or a .sims3pack file.

For Package files:

1. Cut and paste the file into your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages folder. If you do not already have this folder, you should read the full guide to Package files first: Sims 3:Installing Package Fileswiki, so you can make sure your game is fully patched and you have the correct Resource.cfg file.
2. Run the game, and find your content where the creator said it would be (build mode, buy mode, Create-a-Sim, etc.).

For Sims3Pack files:

1. Cut and paste it into your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads folder. If you do not have this folder yet, it is recommended that you open the game and then close it again so that this folder will be automatically created. Then you can place the .sims3pack into your Downloads folder.
2. Load the game's Launcher, and click on the Downloads tab. Find the item in the list and tick the box beside it. Then press the Install button below the list.
3. Wait for the installer to load, and it will install the content to the game. You will get a message letting you know when it's done.
4. Run the game, and find your content where the creator said it would be (build mode, buy mode, Create-a-Sim, etc.).

Extracting from RAR, ZIP, or 7z: You will need a special program for this. For Windows, we recommend 7-Zip and for Mac OSX, we recommend Keka. Both are free and safe to use.

Need more help?

If you need more info, see:
For package files: Sims 3:Installing Package Fileswiki
For Sims3pack files: Game Help:Installing TS3 Packswiki